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Energetic/Explosive Material Mixing, Coating, Milling and Reaction with ResonantAcoustic® Technology

Our customers include:

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ResonantAcoustic® Mixing is the explosives industry's processing technology of choice - and has been for over a decade.

Organizations across defense, aerospace, and commercial energetics in more than 15 countries rely on RAM to mix propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnic formulations with a level of safety, uniformity, and speed that no conventional mixer can match. Here's why RAM is the explosives mixer that's transforming the industry:

Bladeless, Non Contact Mixing

Bladeless Non-Contact Mixing
Low shear, non-intrusive mixing greatly reduces initiation risk and enhances safety.

Bladeless, Non Contact Mixing

Remote Operation
The ultimate in safety, keeping personnel out of harm's way while processing.

Bladeless, Non Contact Mixing

10x-100x Faster Processing 
Hours reduced to minutes, minutes reduced to seconds.

Bladeless, Non Contact Mixing

Enhanced Explosive Power
Significantly more power (up to 20%), freeing space for tracking or more munitions.

Bladeless, Non Contact Mixing

Unbeatable Uniformity
Mix previously unmixable formulations, especially at high solids loadings.

Bladeless, Non Contact Mixing

Mix-in-Case Capability
Allows mixing of materials inside weapon cases, up to a 90% reduction in waste.

We help you process

RAM is capable of far more than just mixing. ResonantAcoustic® technology is the ideal explosives mixer for advanced material processing — including formulation, milling, coating, and co-crystallization. Here are the most common applications where RAM outperforms conventional methods in relation to propellants, pyrotechnics, explosives and energetic materials:

  • RAM5 mixer for production scale chemical synthesis"Over the last decade, ResonantAcoustic® Mixing technology has rapidly matured for use in the defense sector. Its ability to rapidly mix even highly viscous substances through the application of acoustic energy while avoiding the use of traditional blades has provided substantial leaps forward in both safety and efficiency.”

    -Explosives Development Branch Picatinny Arsenal, Dr. Eric Beckel

Up to 20% More Power. That's a Bigger Bang. Literally.

ResonantAcoustic® Mixing has demonstrated measurable performance improvements in energetics formulations, as shown in the video below.

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RAM5 Production Mixer Saves Over 20 Million

  • “Acoustic energy delivers efficient energy transfer... reduces mixing time: hours to minutes, minutes to seconds. We mix in sealed vessels—waste reduction!  No impellers, blades, or shafts. RAM vessels are easy to clean out and transfer materials.” - Munitions Engineer at U.S. Dept. of Defense

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Seamless Scale Up: From the Lab to the Production Floor

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